Greeley man arrested for attempting to shoot father

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Man arrested for allegedly trying to kill father

Greeley

A Greeley man has been arrested for allegedly trying to kill his father Tuesday night.

Mario Madaleno-Alfaro, 31, was booked into the Weld County Jail on charges of attempted murder, felony menacing and being a previous offender in possession of a weapon, according to Greeley Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych.

At 7:55 p.m. Tuesday, Greeley police responded to the 100 block of 24th Avenue on a report of shots fired in a home, Tymkowych said in a news release.

The father of the suspect told police that his son had attempted to kill him by shooting a handgun at him after an argument. The father said he was barricaded in an upstairs bedroom of the home and his son was still downstairs with the gun. He told police his son is wheelchair-bound but he was concerned that if he were to go back downstairs that his son would shoot at him again.

The officers made verbal contact with the son and, after a brief stand off, Madaleno-Alfaro was taken into custody by officers. Police found a handgun and other evidence that supported the father’s account of the events, Tymkowych said.